Carpet-cleaner



(No Model.)

W. H. LA FOUNTAIN.

CARPET CLEANER.

No. 318,993. Patented June 2, 1885.

NVENTUR TTORNEY WTNESSES:

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VILLIAM II. LA FOUNTAIN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CARPETfCLEANER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,993, dated June 2,1885.

Application filed November 8, 1834. (No model.)

5 and useful Improvements in Carpet-Cleaners,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for beating and discharging dust anddirt from carpets and similar fabrics; and it consists of a io rotatingslatted or open-Werl; cage of peculiar 2C, Cylinder.

construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out inthe claim,in which the carpet is placed, and is operated upon by thetumbling process.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View. Ii'ig. 2is a cross-section, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectioinof my new'rotary cage.

The form of my cage is that of a corrugated The ends or heads arecomposed of at the center to plates D, having journals c. The rims orperiphery of said heads are composed of semieircular angle-irons d,fastened together in ogee lines, so that the sides of the cage may beformed in deep rounded corrugations. rIhe inner portions of the saidcorrugated sides are made spokes a a., secured closed, and the outerportions are composedy of slats secured in diagonal lines, forming 3oopen latticewvorlethrough which the dust and Said lattice-Work alsoserves to' and brace the sides. The ends ory dirt falls. strengthenheads are also finished with. slats in open or lattice forni, throughwhich air is drawn as the cage is rotated. Io the inside of the headsare attached radial slats ce, whose outer ends are bent toward thecenter of the cage, and are fastened to the sides. The object of theseradial slats is to form an incline to the inside of the ends of thecage, for the purpose of causing the carpet as itfalls to be throwntogether instead of being spread and stretched, thereby straining theber, but contrarywise, to have a l'ulling tendency, so that while thedust and dirt are beaten ont the fabric is retained close-and compactand undergoes the cleaning process without liability to injury.

The cage is provided with a suitable door at one side i'or inserting andremoving the carpets, and it is to be propelled by the usual gearattachments.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a carpet-cleaner, the cagecomposed of the open or latticed heads, consisting of the spokes a c,covered with slats, and secured at the center to hubs b, provided withjournals c, and having ogee rims constructed of curved anglepieces d,forming a corrugated periphery, to which are secured the alternatelyclosed and slatted sides, the radial and bent internal slats, c, formingthe incline end Walls, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified.

WILLIAM H. La FOUNTAIN.

W`itnesses: i

Geo. W. Ticni'rrs, M. G. Kontron.

